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| Motto: | Fulfilling Three Promises: A Quality Education, A Vibrant Student Life, Community Service |
| Established: | 1926 |
| Type: | Community college |
| President: | L. Michael Metke, Ph.D. |
| Provost: | Homer Hayes, Ph.D. |
| Students: | 10,000 + |
| Location: | Tyler, Texas, USA |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Colors: | Athletic Gold, black |
| Nickname: | Apache |
| Website: | www.tjc.edu |
Tyler Junior College is a two-year community college in Tyler, Texas. TJC is one of the largest community colleges in Texas, with an enrollment of more than 12,000 credit students each year with an additional 20,000 continuing education enrollments annually. Its West Campus includes continuing education and workforce training programs. The College also operates satellite centers in Jacksonville and Lindale, Texas. TJC offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science and Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees, as well as tech prep and certificate programs.
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History
The college operated as part of the Tyler public school system from its inception in 1926 until 1945, when voters supported the creation of an independent Tyler Junior College District. The junior college district now includes the Tyler, Chapel Hill, Grand Saline, Lindale, Van, and Winona school districts.
TJC today
The school competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association's Region XIV with Apache men's soccer, football, basketball, baseball, tennis and golf teams and Apache Ladies women's volleyball, soccer, basketball, tennis and golf teams. The school won national junior college championships in women's basketball in 2000, men's baseball in 2007 and men's golf 2008.
The school is also known for its Apache Marching Band, Apache Belles drill team and Apache Punch drum Line. [1]
Campus attractions
- The independently operated Tyler Museum of Art is located on the school's main campus. [2]
- The Hudnall Planetarium offers public shows in its 30-foot-diameter domed theater one weekend a month, and sponsors a monthly astronomy lecture series. [3]
- Wagstaff Gymnasium is home to the TJC Apache volleyball and basketball teams.
Sports Circle of Honor
Established in 1995 to recognize outstanding achievements in athletics, personal, and civic life by former Tyler Junior College students, coaches, and supporters.
1995 Inductees Floyd Wagstaff - First Coach and Athletic Director; Harry Bostic - Basketball; Jimmy Dickey - All-American Football 1953 and former Head Coach, Kansas State Wildcats; Brady Gentry - Friend and Contributor; Bonnie Buchanan Gray - Basketball; Bill "Tiger" Johnson - Football 1947 and former Head Coach, Cincinnati Bengals; David Lunceford - Football; Jimmy Murphy - Football; Mack Pogue - Football 1952-53 and founder, Lincoln Property Co.; Herbert Richardson - Basketball, player and later Head Coach of TJC women's basketball; O'Neal Weaver - Basketball; James "Poo" Welch - Basketball;
1997 Inductees Russell Boone - Basketball; Leon Fuller - Football and former Head Coach, Colorado State Rams; Bill Herchman - Football; John Linney - Football; Raymond Charles McGinty - Football, player and later Head Coach; Janice Mulford - Basketball; V.C. "Buck" Overall - Basketball; Dan Page - Football; Jose Palafox - Basketball; Van Samford - Basketball
1998 Inductees Kenneth Bahnsen - Basketball; Dwain Bean - Football; Foster Bullock - Basketball; James "Babe" Hallmark - Football, player and later Head Coach; Lawrence Strickland - Football;
1999 Inductees Ken Coffey - Football ([Washington Redskins 1983 Super Bowl champions]); Raymond McGallion - Football; Jack Murphy - Football; Gene Shannon - Football
2000 Inductees Charles Quilter - Football; Royce Townsend - Football; Milton Williams - Basketball
2001 Inductees Johnny Johnston - Basketball; Jesse Marshall - Basketball; Fred Kniffin - Tennis coach;
2002 Inductees Earl Dotson - Football, Green Bay Packers; Kelly Chapman - Basketball
2003 Inductees Roy Thomas - Basketball player and later Head Coach; Robert Pack - Basketball ([Several NBA teams])
2005 Inductees
Jana Crosby Russell - Basketball; Jim Wright - Football
2006 Inductees
Bryan Miller - Basketball; Robert Cox - Tennis, player and later Head Coach
2008 Inductees
Lloyd L. Pate - Football; C.L. Nix - Basketball; Ardie D. Dixon - Basketball; Robert (Bob) Price - Football; Dessie M. Samuels - Tennis; Evelyn Jo Troell Newman - Basketball; Billy Jack Doggett - basketball, player and later Athletic Director
References
External links
- Tyler Junior College homepage
- Hudnall Planetarium homepage
- Sports Circle of Honor
- Apache Athletics
- Tyler Junior College from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Apache Pow Wow, The Official newspaper of Tyler Junior College
Coordinates: 32°20′04″N 95°16′58″W / 32.33443°N 95.28290°W
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